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latter, while in size they were if anything rather above the 

 average of the summer emergence, especially in the females. 



Mr. E. Step exhibited the rare fungous Plilcbia radi'ata, from 

 Oxshott, where it occurred on dead birch. He had exhibited 

 specimens from the same trunk in previous years, but the 

 present specimen showed the full development of the species, 

 which differed somewhat from earlier stages in form and 

 colour. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited the following fungi from Esher 

 Common : Cordycci)$ capitata, on the subterranean fungus 

 ElapJiomyces crranulatiis, and Dccdalca confra^osa, on birch, 

 both found on January 8th. He also showed photographs 

 o( Hybernia defoliaria, taken on January 4th and 8th. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited, on behalf of the Rev. C. R. N. 

 Burrows, series of the four very closelv related species of the 

 genus Hydrcecia, H. nictitans, H. palndis, H. lacens, and H. 

 crinancnsis. It was stated that from the marking, colours, 

 and all superficial characters it was apparently impossible to 

 separate the last species, yet an examination of the genitalia 

 by Messrs. Burrows and Pierce showed an unmistakable 

 differentiation. Microscopical preparations of the genitalia 

 were also shown, as well as enlarged photos:raphs of the 

 same. The specimens diagnosed as H. crinancnsis had hitherto 

 always been taken on river banks, or at least near water, and 

 the localities at present known for the species are Liddle- 

 bank and Newburgh in Roxburghshire. Aberfeldie, Crinan 

 Canal, and Inverary in Sutherlandshire. He stated that 

 Mr. Burrows particularly wished to have pointed out to him 

 any points whereby the species might be differentiated with- 

 out a microscopical investigation. 



Mr. A. E. Tonge exhibited a series oi Cidaria miata, bred 

 ab ovo. The parent was taken at Chichester in October, 

 1908. The series of seventy-five specimens showed but a 

 small amount of variation. A pair oi Catocala fraxini, bred 

 ab ovo. The parent was taken on a poplar trunk at Horsham, 

 Sussex, by Mr. James, of Tooting, in 1908, as recorded in 

 the " Entomologist." Also eight small wasps bred from a 

 bamboo cane, standing in a Redhill garden, with an enlarged 

 photo of the cane split open to show the cells and grubs 

 within. The wasps were afterwards ascertained to be 

 Aminophila viatica and Odynerus parieinm. 



Mr. Newman exhibited living specimens of Pyramcis 

 atalanta, and contributed the following note : 



" They were bred in October and November, and kept in a 

 warm room. In captivity they are not true hibernators. 



